(Charles Brown - Gene Redd)
arrangement from Eagles' 1978 single
intro:AEF#C# (single notes on piano)
verse 1:AAmaj7A7
Bells will be ringing the sad, sad news
DB7/D#
Oh what a Christmas to have the blues
ADAA/G#F#m
My baby's gone I have no friends
B7EE
To wish me greetings once again
verse 2:
Crowds will be singing "Silent Night"
Christmas carols by candlelight
Please come home for Christmas, please come home for Christmas
B7E7AA7
If not for Christmas, by New Year's night
bridge:DDm
Friends and relations send salutations
AEAA7
Sure as the stars shine above
DDm
But this is Christmas, yes, Christmas my dear
B7EE
The time of year to be with the one you love
verse 3:
So won't you tell me you'll never more roam
Christmas and New Year's will find you home
AC#7F#mF#m/EDD#dim
There'll be no more sorrow, no grief and pain
AF#mB7E7A
And I'll be happy, (1: happy) once again
(2: Christmas)
repeat verse 3 with guitar solo over first two lines
outro:ADAAEF#C# (single notes on piano)
(...again)